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Based on the standard Bajoran phaser pistol, this phaser rifle adaptation used the same phaser pistoltechnology used in the smaller weapon has similar adaptations as other Bajoran weapons, foregoing a prefire chamber and instead using six pinpoint energy beams that precede the weapon blast as a prefire matrix, focusing the discharge after it leaves the weapon. This is the main dissimilarity between Bajoran weapons and their FederationStarfleet counterparts that utilize a built-in prefire chamber.

Bajoran phaser weapons use a rechargeable isotolinium ampule as a power battery, although some units of this type have been retrofit with sarium krellide energy cells in order to be used with Starfleet chargers. Early models of the rifle unit, besides being ruggedized, also utilize a sensor that acts as a seeker/tracker, using infrared radiation and biogenic profiling to discriminate fire against Cardassianlifesigns, in order to cut down on friendly fire against Bajoran comrades. After the end of the Occupation of Bajor, this feature fell into disuse.

The rifles seen in DS9comic: "Turn of the Tide" may represent a variation in design, they had extended upper barrels and were gray, rather than the characteristic rust color of canon appearances of the weapon.